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JA's Little Wash Thundereggs Hermanas, Luna Co., New Mexico Associated with Tavenier Mine. |
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. I first spotted
a bright pink & red agate just laying there in
the little wash cutting through the placer deposit
plowed by Taveniers, the original owners of
Tavenier Mine. I started poking at that spot, and
finding slightly colorful agates and plenty of
horizontally banded thundereggs. Next year, I
accidentally discovered an Iris
Agate in one thunderegg when I re-cut it to
bypass a fracture and I have started calling them
the "Iris Thundereggs" (or Iris Eggs for
short). When I showed the "Iris Thunderegg"
to Paul "GeodeKid" Calburn whom I considered an
expert on local thundereggs, he said that he have
collected the thundereggs from at least 75
locations in the West, and I may be the first
person he know of to have discovered the iris
agates in the thundereggs. He suggested that I
give a name to the place to distinguish it from
the Tavenier Mine which seems to be lacking in
Iris agates. Thus, I gave the name "JA's
Little Wash" to that place where I first found the
"JA's Little Wash Iris Thundereggs". However!.....to my dismay, I later learned that the place is located on an unmarked state land and that's the kind of place that is best left alone. Please refer to Tavenier Mine page to find out what happened with this area and why I had to stop digging there. Site Status: As of Jan 2022, the site is under Section 640 lease by Spanish Stirrup Shop, so please leave that place alone. |
All specimens are found by Jeffrey A.
